Fives made light work of ensuring victory, scoring 201 for the loss of one; Mick Perry their top batsmen with an unbeaten 108.

In Group A, Chingford beat Upminster by 98 runs.

Chingford posted 232 for eight, with Taylor helping himself to 86.

Shafiq Rahman took three for 32 for Upminster.

Upminster were bowled out for 134, opener Billy Gordon top-scoring with 32.

Taylor excelled with the ball too, taking four for 26.

Oakfield Parkonians lost to Old Southendian & Southchurch by seven wickets in Group E.

Put into bat, Parks were bowled out for 159, with Old Southendian scoring 163 for three to win.

In Group J, West Essex were beaten by 107 runs by Belhus.

Belhus set a target of 239 for nine, with opener Joe Joyce scoring a ton.

Abdul Gafangaf took three for 29 for West Essex.

Bowled out for 132, West Essex top-scored through Julian Joy, unbeaten on 22.

Danny Norris took seven for 34 for Belhus.

Friendlies

On Sunday, Ilford Catholic lost to Leyton Orient Supporters by 33 runs.

Batting first, LOSCC posted 196 for five. Annath Kumar was the pick of the Catholic bowlers with three for 45.

Ed Tooth was unbeaten on 84 and Mo Zaman scored 57 but Catholic could not chase down the target set by LOSCC The day before, an Ilford Catholic Select XI were beaten by two wickets by a Chairman's Select XI in an interclub friendly.

Ilford's Select XI batted first and were bowled out for 189 with Adrian Swain (65 not out) and Kumar (25) putting on a good partnership.

The Chairman's Select XI won with two wickets to spare, scoring 190 for eight.

Josh Dharmanandan took three wickets before Vince Mullholland's 26 got the Chairman's XI across the line.